Awards and Scholarships
„2. Dissertationspreis“ des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut Essen 2010
„Dissertationspreis“ der Fakultät Kulturwissenschaften, TU Dortmund 2009
DAAD Scholarships: (Japan, New York, Brazil, Washington D.C.)
Merit Scholarship, Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, KFU Graz, 1996
Merit Scholarship, Institut für Geographie und Wirtschaftskunde, KFU Graz, 2000
Research Scholarship, SUNY New Paltz, awarded by KFU Graz, 2000
ERASMUS Scholarship, Roehampton Institute London, UK 1999/2000
University travel grants Texas A&M University, 1997, KFU Graz, 1997
University travel grant to Oxford Brookes University, KFU Graz, 1996
Memberships and Affiliations
Alumni Global Young Faculty: https://www.global-young-faculty.de
Faculty Member of the RuhrCenter of American Studies: http://www.amstudies-ruhr.de/
Member of the Melville Society: https://melvillesociety.org/
Member of the Association of Adaptation Studies: http://www.adaptation.uk.com/
Member of the International American Studies Association: https://iasaweb.org/
Member of the American Studies Association: https://www.theasa.net/
Member of the German Association for American Studies: https://dgfa.de/
Member of Austrian Association for American Studies: https://aaas.at/
Mitglied der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaften & AG Populärkultur https://gfmedienwissenschaft.de/
Alumni Global Salzburg Seminar: https://www.salzburgglobal.org/
Research Associate der Electronic Literature Organization Directory and Archive-IT Collection (2009-2011)